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The Conversation, a painting by Henri Matisse dating from 1908 to 1912, depicts the artist and his wife facing each other before a background of intense blue. It is in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This was among several works acquired directly from Matisse in Paris by the Russian collector Sergei Shchukin. After the Russian Revolution, the Shchukin collection was confiscated and, by 1948, was donated to the public along with the Ivan Morozov collection, at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow and the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. Matisse painted The Conversation at a time when he had abandoned the open, spontaneous brushwork of his Fauve period in favor of a flatter and more decorative style. The painting is large (69 5/8 in. x 85 3/8 in., or 177 cm x 217 cm), and shows Matisse in profile, standing at the left in striped pajamas, while his wife, Amélie, sits to the right. The flatly painted blue wall behind them is relieved by a window o

The Conversation (Matisse) - Wikipedia The Conversation (Matisse) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Painting by Henri Matisse The Conversation Artist Henri Matisse Year 1908–1912 Dimensions 177 cm × 217 cm ( 69 + 5 ⁄ 8 in × 85 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) Location Hermitage Museum , Saint Petersburg The Conversation , a painting by Henri Matisse dating from 1908 to 1912, depicts the artist and his wife facing each other before a background of intense blue. It is in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg , Russia . This was among several works acquired d

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